:00:00. > :00:00.lady raising an issue which is not strictly the case. I know I will be
:00:00. > :00:15.working with the Home Office to properly address the concerns.
:00:16. > :00:18.Urgent question, Mr Andy Burnham. To ask the Home Secretary to make a
:00:19. > :00:22.statement on the incidence of violence in Marseille over the
:00:23. > :00:31.weekend involving England fans at the Euro 2016 football tournament.
:00:32. > :00:35.As I told the House yesterday, the trouble that occurred in Marseille
:00:36. > :00:39.involving England supporters was deeply disturbing. I made it clear
:00:40. > :00:43.that coordinated groups of Russian supporters were responsible for
:00:44. > :00:47.instigating a good deal of the worst of islands. You wafer within the
:00:48. > :00:51.last hour has announced that Russia is subject to a suspended
:00:52. > :00:54.disqualification from the tournament. This Government's
:00:55. > :00:58.priority is to work with the French authorities to ensure the events of
:00:59. > :01:01.the weekend are not repeated. This morning I updated Cabinet colleagues
:01:02. > :01:05.on the full range of measures that we are taking head of the match
:01:06. > :01:09.between England and Wales on Thursday. It had already been agreed
:01:10. > :01:14.with the French that an additional contingent of UK police spotters
:01:15. > :01:17.would be deployed to help identify troublemakers. The Foreign Office is
:01:18. > :01:23.advising supporters without tickets that they should avoid travelling.
:01:24. > :01:28.The FCO has drawn fan's attention to the fact that Russia are playing
:01:29. > :01:33.Slovakia tomorrow afternoon and said English and Welsh sport should be on
:01:34. > :01:36.their guard. Stadium security is an area of concern following the
:01:37. > :01:40.breakdown of segregation in the velodrome stadium. We are conscious
:01:41. > :01:44.of the dangers when crowd management inside the stadium goes wrong and
:01:45. > :01:48.discussions are in hand with the French police about reinforcing the
:01:49. > :01:53.stewarding operation on Thursday night. Else will be aware of a
:01:54. > :01:57.robust operation in place in this country to prevent troublemakers
:01:58. > :02:01.subject to football banning orders from travelling to France before the
:02:02. > :02:05.start of the tournament which has seen 1400 as bulls being
:02:06. > :02:10.surrendered. Following the violence in Marseille, nine British nationals
:02:11. > :02:14.were arrested and six have been given custodial sentences. Aaron
:02:15. > :02:17.expected is that all will be subject to additional court proceedings on
:02:18. > :02:22.the return to the UK to decide whether banning orders should be
:02:23. > :02:26.imposed. I am concerned that the serious injuries suffered by some
:02:27. > :02:30.England supporters in Marseille. The Foreign Office has additional staff
:02:31. > :02:33.in France and is providing consular assistance to those hurt and their
:02:34. > :02:39.families. I'm confident all the measures will -- we are taking will
:02:40. > :02:43.help but I conclude by echoing the England captain and manager who have
:02:44. > :02:48.urged fans to stay out of trouble as the Uefa decision in relation to the
:02:49. > :02:51.Russian team shows on the penalty as individuals and for the teams they
:02:52. > :02:58.support could be severe if there is more violence in the days ahead. As
:02:59. > :03:02.the dust settles, attention is turning to security around England's
:03:03. > :03:06.next game. While England fans were not blameless at the weekend, it is
:03:07. > :03:11.clear they were the subject of extreme violence meted out by
:03:12. > :03:16.Russian supporters. We cannot afford to see any repeat of that and I am
:03:17. > :03:20.sure we are all agreed. The office today that there could be. The
:03:21. > :03:23.chairman of the FA has raised concerns in a letter to Uefa and
:03:24. > :03:27.identifies a number of major security lapses in the stadium on
:03:28. > :03:31.Saturday. He says stewarding was poor come segregation insufficient
:03:32. > :03:36.and fireworks and flares were taken in and let off. This is
:03:37. > :03:39.extraordinary given me heightened security around this tournament.
:03:40. > :03:44.Greg Dyke points to a situation where England and Russian fans may
:03:45. > :03:47.come face-to-face again tomorrow in Lille. For thousands of people out
:03:48. > :03:51.there, there to enjoy the football, they will be worried about their
:03:52. > :03:55.safety and that is why we have brought this question today. Home
:03:56. > :03:58.Secretary didn't provide a full statement yesterday. Can she
:03:59. > :04:03.confirmed today exactly how many police are being sent to France and
:04:04. > :04:09.what precisely they will be asked to do? She mentions football banning
:04:10. > :04:15.orders. In 2010, there were 3174 and now it is 2181. Why has it dropped
:04:16. > :04:21.so significantly? She says 1400 passports were seized in advance but
:04:22. > :04:26.there are only 2000 banning orders. What happened to the other 600
:04:27. > :04:29.passports who have not been taken? On stadium safety, with the
:04:30. > :04:33.Government contact Uefa to enforce the concerns at a very senior level?
:04:34. > :04:39.Will she asked them to investigate claims that Russian ultras have
:04:40. > :04:43.links to the official Russian delegation? On policing it would
:04:44. > :04:47.appear that some of the tactics were heavy-handed and the indiscriminate
:04:48. > :04:50.use of tear gas added to the chaos. While we accept the sensitivity of
:04:51. > :04:54.policing, will there be discussion with the French authorities about
:04:55. > :04:57.policing going forward and dart their discussions about managing
:04:58. > :05:02.flash points in Lille tomorrow and giving support to separate? What is
:05:03. > :05:07.needed is honesty and cool heads on all sides. In the fans were victims
:05:08. > :05:12.of violent extremism and poor security but nor is it acceptable to
:05:13. > :05:17.sing provocative songs about the Second World War and launching
:05:18. > :05:22.bottles at police. All sides now need to take a look at themselves
:05:23. > :05:29.and resolve to make this the Festival of football we all want it
:05:30. > :05:33.to be. The right Wimbledon has raised a number of issues. I can
:05:34. > :05:38.assure him we are in touch with the of people and I have spoken to ACC
:05:39. > :05:42.Roberts who is the police lead on these matters this morning. He was
:05:43. > :05:47.in the middle of a meeting with French police and others so I am not
:05:48. > :05:51.able to give the right honourable gentleman the full results of that
:05:52. > :05:56.meeting but I can speak on some of the measures. Also the Secretary of
:05:57. > :06:00.State that, media and sport has spoken to the Russian sports
:06:01. > :06:08.Minister after the events that took place. I have spoken with my French
:06:09. > :06:14.opposite number. The police are meeting as we speak to look at the
:06:15. > :06:18.extra action that would be taken around Lille. My understanding is
:06:19. > :06:22.there is an expectation that there will be a greater police presence in
:06:23. > :06:26.relation to the stadium both the security outside the stadium and
:06:27. > :06:29.also inside the stadium. The right honourable gentleman asks how many
:06:30. > :06:35.police we have spent France. We don't talk about numbers for
:06:36. > :06:38.operational reasons but what we are involved in is a number of things.
:06:39. > :06:43.We have police spotters who are the police will -- people trained to
:06:44. > :06:52.spot troublemakers. We have some posting and giving post-incident
:06:53. > :06:57.analysis with regards to the CCT footage and providing some
:06:58. > :07:03.investigative support to the French. Whatever the French have asked for,
:07:04. > :07:06.we are willing to provide to them. That goes both for police and
:07:07. > :07:10.British Transport Police. In relation to the changing in numbers
:07:11. > :07:17.between the number of people subject to a football banning order here
:07:18. > :07:21.around the 2000 and the number who have had passports taken away,
:07:22. > :07:24.nearly 1400, the ads is that the ones we have taken passports away
:07:25. > :07:33.from the ones who are passport holders. The others do not hold
:07:34. > :07:42.passports. Clearly the disgraceful scenes in France we have seen from
:07:43. > :07:48.Russian folks condemned -- to be condemned all round. What has the
:07:49. > :07:55.party done for hosting the next Russian World Cup? There was concern
:07:56. > :07:58.for the safety of the people around the world and we want to see the
:07:59. > :08:07.beautiful game played properly on the field rather than folks on the
:08:08. > :08:13.terraces as -- ruining it. Our focus currently must be on the immediacy
:08:14. > :08:20.of Euro 2016 but he is right that following this, we will need to look
:08:21. > :08:25.carefully at the next event which is due to be held in Russia. There will
:08:26. > :08:28.be those with concerns seeing what has happened in relation to the
:08:29. > :08:35.Russian supporters. As my honourable friend has said, any fans, whoever
:08:36. > :08:40.they support, who get involved in violence around these games are not
:08:41. > :08:45.only letting themselves down, they are letting all those law-abiding
:08:46. > :08:49.fans down who want to go and enjoy a good football tournament.
:08:50. > :08:57.We must take steps to protect fans from home nations while they are
:08:58. > :09:02.abroad. Does she agree that we must address the appalling behaviour of
:09:03. > :09:05.some of the English fans? In the 1970s, we had a serious problem with
:09:06. > :09:09.football hooliganism in Scotland. We addressed it, and now the Tartan
:09:10. > :09:22.Army Winter was for the good behaviour. -- wins awards for good
:09:23. > :09:24.behaviour. Scotland might not have a world-class global team yet but we
:09:25. > :09:30.do have world-class fans who know how to behave themselves, as to the
:09:31. > :09:43.Welsh and the Northern Irish. My point is that the problem is that
:09:44. > :09:46.the problem is not insoluble. If it is allowed to continue unchecked,
:09:47. > :09:52.English fans will not be welcome abroad. What is being done to
:09:53. > :09:55.address this undertone of racism? Finally, a senior politician in
:09:56. > :09:59.Marseille has demanded that the United Kingdom pay towards the cost
:10:00. > :10:04.of the clean-up operation after the trouble on the city streets. What
:10:05. > :10:07.steps will she take to ensure that these costs fall on the fans
:10:08. > :10:12.responsible, and not on the British taxpayer?
:10:13. > :10:19.I have to say to the honourable and loaded lady that I think the tone of
:10:20. > :10:26.the remarks that she has made was somewhat unfortunate. Yes, there
:10:27. > :10:29.were England supporters, as I indicated yesterday, in the
:10:30. > :10:33.statement I made in Home Office questions, and she was in for that,
:10:34. > :10:37.that there were England supporters who were involved in this violence.
:10:38. > :10:41.As I indicated in my response to the urgent question just now, nine
:10:42. > :10:43.England supporters have been arrested and action is being taken
:10:44. > :10:48.by the French criminal justice system. Those people will be
:10:49. > :10:54.considered for banning orders when they return to the UK. Football
:10:55. > :10:58.hooliganism can erupt anywhere, with any group of fans. We have
:10:59. > :11:05.experience here in the UK of dealing with the football hooliganism in the
:11:06. > :11:11.past. We have banning orders, which do work well, but we're ever
:11:12. > :11:13.vigilant in this matter and we will take the steps necessary to make
:11:14. > :11:24.sure that we can protect the law-abiding fans who wish to enjoy
:11:25. > :11:28.football. English football hooligans who take
:11:29. > :11:33.part in such violence bring shame on our country. It would appear in this
:11:34. > :11:38.case that the bulk of the responsibility lies with some really
:11:39. > :11:42.nasty Russian football hooligans. Anyone who takes part in violence
:11:43. > :11:46.needs to take their own responsibility for that. The French
:11:47. > :11:49.have got enough to worry about with the terrorist threat to this
:11:50. > :11:54.football Turner Road. This is the worst time to start to get involved
:11:55. > :11:58.in other issues. Can my right honourable friend redouble her
:11:59. > :12:01.efforts to make sure that the French have all of the intelligence they
:12:02. > :12:05.need to weed out the few troublemakers who are catching the
:12:06. > :12:10.headlines? My honourable friend makes an
:12:11. > :12:14.important point. We are working with the French authorities to ensure
:12:15. > :12:17.that they have as much information as possible about those individuals
:12:18. > :12:20.who might be potential troublemakers. It is why the
:12:21. > :12:26.expertise we have with police spotters has been increased, they
:12:27. > :12:32.will be in France for the match on Thursday. They can provide that
:12:33. > :12:39.support to the French authorities. The record-setting long serving
:12:40. > :12:48.chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Mr Keith Vaz. It is
:12:49. > :12:52.ridiculous to suppose that ministers can control what people do at double
:12:53. > :12:56.matches. It is a worry that there are more matches to be played, and
:12:57. > :13:02.the fact that flares and other weapons were being taken into
:13:03. > :13:06.stadiums at a time when France is on such a very high state of alert.
:13:07. > :13:12.Interpol is 200 miles away from Marseille. What action is being
:13:13. > :13:17.taken to flag up the names and photographs of those involved with
:13:18. > :13:23.Interpol so we ensure they cannot travel across borders in future? The
:13:24. > :13:26.right honourable gentleman raises the point about the issue of the
:13:27. > :13:30.stadium security and flares being taken in. This is why one of the
:13:31. > :13:35.issues that is being discussed with the French police is further steps
:13:36. > :13:41.from them with regard to security at the stadium on Thursday, and indeed
:13:42. > :13:45.inside the stadium. As I indicated earlier, the UK police are working
:13:46. > :13:50.with the French and with Russian and Slovakian police, particularly
:13:51. > :13:55.because the match on Wednesday is Russia versus Slovakia, to ensure
:13:56. > :13:58.that every action is being taken to identify those who are
:13:59. > :14:03.troublemakers, and action is taken against those. I have indicate that
:14:04. > :14:08.action has been taken about English fans. There are some reports about
:14:09. > :14:14.French authorities taking action against Russian people as well.
:14:15. > :14:19.With the French authorities, police and armed forces, having to face the
:14:20. > :14:23.horrors of the Paris attacks in recent months, does the Home
:14:24. > :14:30.Secretary agree that it is beholden, no matter what the provocation from
:14:31. > :14:37.English thugs, for English fans to show restraint and respect to French
:14:38. > :14:41.authorities question this is the message we should be giving to the
:14:42. > :14:45.England fans. The England captain and manager have both said and urged
:14:46. > :14:49.and encouraged fans to go and enjoy the football, show respect for the
:14:50. > :14:56.authorities, and not get involved in violence or hooliganism.
:14:57. > :15:01.I was at the match on Saturday in Marseille, and the scenes that we
:15:02. > :15:07.saw in the stadium we thought we had left behind 30 years ago. They were
:15:08. > :15:12.appalling and coordinated, and the violent assault on England fans by
:15:13. > :15:16.the Russian fans who were there. It was very worrying indeed. It is
:15:17. > :15:19.clear that the French police were entirely focused on preventing
:15:20. > :15:24.terrorism, and had no real strategy in terms of inventing hooliganism.
:15:25. > :15:32.By taking them responsible at the four running that tournament, the do
:15:33. > :15:41.have a responsible and see. Can she say what she will do to ensure that
:15:42. > :15:49.the policing all aspects over there. Both hooliganism and violence and
:15:50. > :15:54.terrorism, not just the latter? It is worth remembering that the rules
:15:55. > :15:57.that Uefa has about a presence in the stadium are different from the
:15:58. > :16:01.roles we operate in the United Kingdom. We do have police residence
:16:02. > :16:05.inside the stadium, but it is these discussions that are taking place at
:16:06. > :16:10.an operational level at the moment, that is why have spoken to the
:16:11. > :16:14.leader of the UK policing involvement in this issue. They are
:16:15. > :16:18.sitting down at the moment and having these discussions with the
:16:19. > :16:22.various authorities, in terms of how much can be put into the stadium,
:16:23. > :16:28.what action can be taken in relation to both the security outside the
:16:29. > :16:31.stadium and also inside. I'm sure that my right honourable
:16:32. > :16:38.friend will want to join me in commending the Wales fans, whose
:16:39. > :16:43.conduct at Bordeaux on Saturday has been widely praised in the French
:16:44. > :16:48.press. She has mentioned the measures he is putting in place,
:16:49. > :16:53.together with her French colleagues, in anticipation of the next match.
:16:54. > :16:58.Given that this will be the first encounter tween two British teams,
:16:59. > :17:03.the she share my concern that this could be an Arsenal target for an
:17:04. > :17:06.external terrorist threat, and can she say with the security services
:17:07. > :17:10.are bearing this matter very much in mind?
:17:11. > :17:13.I'm sure my right for friend will be the issue to note that my right on
:17:14. > :17:16.warfarin, the Secretary of State for Wales, spoke to the Football
:17:17. > :17:27.Association of Wales yesterday on these matters. It is in relation to
:17:28. > :17:31.all of the home nations in this tournament. My right honourable
:17:32. > :17:36.friend talks about the security threat. The threat level for France
:17:37. > :17:40.remained at critical, the threat level has been at critical for some
:17:41. > :17:44.time now. I can assure my right honourable friend and the House that
:17:45. > :17:47.the law enforcement and security services in the UK are working
:17:48. > :17:52.closely with their French counterparts immolation to the
:17:53. > :17:59.terrorist threat that we all face. Will the Home Secretary... Does she
:18:00. > :18:02.share with me the conviction that football, the beautiful game, can so
:18:03. > :18:06.often be a force for good and most football fans, both here and abroad,
:18:07. > :18:10.are there to enjoy the game. What will she be doing in the coming days
:18:11. > :18:14.and wants to spread that message, and what conversations will she have
:18:15. > :18:18.with the FA and others to make sure that those who come in peace are
:18:19. > :18:25.outnumbering and out voicing those who come to do violence? I share the
:18:26. > :18:30.Commons that the honourable lady has made about football, as the
:18:31. > :18:35.president of the War grave girls the boat club, I can see the action it
:18:36. > :18:38.has, the interested can give, and the benefits it can get for younger
:18:39. > :18:45.people. On a serious note, my rate on all friend, -- my right
:18:46. > :18:50.honourable friend, has been in touch with the football authorities here
:18:51. > :18:53.in the UK, and we need to make that message clear, that it is a sport
:18:54. > :18:58.that people should be enjoying, it is not a sport that people should
:18:59. > :19:03.feel fear when I go to a game, they should be able to go, knowing they
:19:04. > :19:08.should enjoy it and feel better for it.
:19:09. > :19:13.Banning orders have been very effective in the past. My
:19:14. > :19:16.understanding is that they have tended to be imposed for domestic
:19:17. > :19:21.incidents rather than incidents that had taken place abroad. Can the Home
:19:22. > :19:25.Secretary ensure the House that every effort will be made to
:19:26. > :19:29.identify troublemakers abroad so whether they had been arrested or
:19:30. > :19:33.not, it having orders can be placed on them so we do not see these
:19:34. > :19:42.bronze in future? -- do not see these problems in
:19:43. > :19:46.future. Consideration will be given to the king that action on them when
:19:47. > :19:54.they are identified, in relation to Banning orders, so that they can
:19:55. > :19:57.have those orders based upon them for violence elsewhere as well as at
:19:58. > :20:01.home. I'm sure the Home Secretary will
:20:02. > :20:07.agree with me that the fans from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and
:20:08. > :20:24.the Irish Republic, who have behaved in an exemplary way, ... My thoughts
:20:25. > :20:34.are with the family of a man who died. Will the Home Secretary press
:20:35. > :20:39.on the authorities and Uefa are lessons that they need to learn? Can
:20:40. > :20:47.I echo the comments that the right honourable gentleman has made, and
:20:48. > :20:53.the condolences that we send to the family of Darren Raj is, for
:20:54. > :20:57.somebody who was going there to watch the football, it is a huge
:20:58. > :21:05.tragedy for his family. -- Darren Rogers. We are talking to the French
:21:06. > :21:10.authorities about how these matches can be policed. He is right, the
:21:11. > :21:14.vast majority of fans are law-abiding, they go there to enjoy
:21:15. > :21:17.the game, they go there to have a good time. We should praise them
:21:18. > :21:22.when they do that. I would encourage all England fans, Wales fans and
:21:23. > :21:30.Northern Ireland fans to carry on doing that and need shoring that we
:21:31. > :21:34.have a tournament that we can be proud of.
:21:35. > :21:39.Will my right honourable friend commissioned a study into what is
:21:40. > :21:44.causing the distinction in behaviour between those who support
:21:45. > :21:50.Association will and those who support Rugby football?
:21:51. > :21:55.I have to say to my right on for friend, there has been a lot of work
:21:56. > :21:59.done on the issue of football hooliganism over the years was up in
:22:00. > :22:04.the UK, how police are good at managing football matches so that
:22:05. > :22:11.people are called to go, of all ages, and enjoy those matches.
:22:12. > :22:15.On Thursday, we will see the historic fixture between England and
:22:16. > :22:19.Wales at Euro 2016, featuring the best player in the tournament,
:22:20. > :22:25.Gareth Bale, will the Home Secretary agree that the best antidote to what
:22:26. > :22:30.happened last weekend will be a brilliant game on Thursday and a
:22:31. > :22:35.peaceful crowd throughout the game? I entirely echo the comments. I
:22:36. > :22:39.won't comment on individual players! I echo the comments that the
:22:40. > :22:43.honourable lady made about the best antidote to what happened last
:22:44. > :22:47.Saturday, being a good, peaceful, excellent game that everyone can
:22:48. > :22:53.enjoy. My understanding is that the
:22:54. > :22:56.sanctions that we're levelling against the Russians, they spend it
:22:57. > :23:01.discoloured occasion and the fine, or any apply to incidents within the
:23:02. > :23:05.is the extent of their jurisdiction. Which she agree with me that there
:23:06. > :23:11.needs to be an examination of these roles so that nations are
:23:12. > :23:15.responsible for the fans, regardless of where they are, and that this is
:23:16. > :23:23.not just limited to the actions within the stadiums? The honourable
:23:24. > :23:28.lady's understanding of the situation is correct, but it is a
:23:29. > :23:33.matter for Uefa. We have heard her intervention.
:23:34. > :23:41.Could I follow one from the question about the next World Cup in Russia?
:23:42. > :23:48.Would the Home Secretary asked for an investigation into these alleged
:23:49. > :23:49.links between the Russian football authorities and extreme groups? An
:23:50. > :24:12.investigation by Fifa about them investigating a safe
:24:13. > :24:18.environment? He has raised concerns in relation to the situation for the
:24:19. > :24:24.tournament in Russia. As he will appreciate, I have said that the
:24:25. > :24:28.Secretary of State for culture media and has been in touch with the
:24:29. > :24:33.minister in Russia. Our focus must be on the tournament in France but
:24:34. > :24:37.after the tournament in France has finished, I am sure there will be
:24:38. > :24:40.many issues people wish to raise looking ahead to the tournament in
:24:41. > :24:52.Russia and some of those would be for governments and the football
:24:53. > :24:58.authorities. Can I remind the French and Scotland that there was a riot
:24:59. > :25:03.at the end of the football final on the 21st of May. There is the issue
:25:04. > :25:11.about how we prevent racism and do the work on the ground. They have
:25:12. > :25:23.played a good part in encouraging young people to get involved. Sadly,
:25:24. > :25:28.the funding for groups like this has been stopped. Can I encourage the
:25:29. > :25:32.Minister to look at that and look at putting the support back to these
:25:33. > :25:39.people because it is about getting to our children first witch. This
:25:40. > :25:42.curse? He makes an important point about the significant work that has
:25:43. > :25:49.been done to stop racism in football. Sadly, there -- this is
:25:50. > :25:54.not a job that is complete and it is necessary to carry on with this work
:25:55. > :25:57.and I am sure that is something the Government takes seriously and it is
:25:58. > :26:05.something football takes seriously but it is an issue that goes wider
:26:06. > :26:10.than racism. Prior to the Olympics, I had talks about the issues of
:26:11. > :26:14.homophobia in sporting events and these are issues we should all take
:26:15. > :26:23.seriously and work at every label to ensure we cut all of this out. Any
:26:24. > :26:27.football fan who goes to commit violence or starts violence is
:26:28. > :26:32.purely criminal and should be dealt with. We witnessed in the stadium
:26:33. > :26:37.innocent people suffering assault, unprovoked assault and having to
:26:38. > :26:44.flee for their lives and risking serious injures street -- Indo --
:26:45. > :26:49.injury. Just because those fans were wearing football shirts, they should
:26:50. > :26:52.be given support to seek justice against their perpetrators in a way
:26:53. > :27:01.that they would in any other walk of life. Any issue of investigating is
:27:02. > :27:04.done by the French authorities. The support available from the Foreign
:27:05. > :27:13.and Commonwealth Office office is available to all of those. I was
:27:14. > :27:20.lucky enough to be one of the 25,000 sea of red in Bordeaux for Wales'
:27:21. > :27:27.victory over Salah -- over Slovakia which leaves us top of the group
:27:28. > :27:34.ahead of England. There is genuine concern and the Home Secretary is
:27:35. > :27:42.the Home Secretary for England and Wales and what Wales face in the
:27:43. > :27:49.next two games. What assurances can she give in conjunction with the
:27:50. > :27:56.authorities to make sure those Welsh fans who are impeccably behaved are
:27:57. > :28:01.protected in those next two games? You will have noticed I am trying to
:28:02. > :28:08.avoid commenting on any results of matches taken place. What I can say
:28:09. > :28:13.it is that in looking at these issues, we are looking across the
:28:14. > :28:20.policing of these matches and are looking at the matches that involve
:28:21. > :28:24.home nations. There are police from Wales, England and Northern Ireland
:28:25. > :28:28.over in France and ACC Roberts is working with all of the police and
:28:29. > :28:37.with the French authorities on behalf of the home nations in
:28:38. > :28:43.looking at these issues. Came my Aske the Home Secretary, has she
:28:44. > :28:47.seen the remarks of a member of the Russian parliament also on the
:28:48. > :28:57.executive of football union of Russia who has said, well done lads,
:28:58. > :29:07.keep it up, to those folks and hear Liggins -- hooligans. The Liberal
:29:08. > :29:12.Democratic party is a fascist party and there is a wider political
:29:13. > :29:19.problem that calls into question whether Russia should be the hosts
:29:20. > :29:21.of the next World Cup? I have seen a newspaper report of those remarks
:29:22. > :29:26.and now utterly irresponsible and not the remarks we would expect to
:29:27. > :29:31.hear from anybody and I wouldn't expect anybody to support the
:29:32. > :29:37.violence that was taking place from Russian fans against England fans
:29:38. > :29:42.autoshow any believe that that was in anyway the right way behave. It
:29:43. > :29:46.was an utterly appalling statement to have been made and I have
:29:47. > :29:49.indicated there are issues to be addressed in the future in relation
:29:50. > :29:57.to football in Russia had given everything that has been seen.
:29:58. > :30:04.Sounds a very bigoted fellow indeed. Some Russian fans high on
:30:05. > :30:10.body-building medication covered in tattoos, spoiling for a fight and
:30:11. > :30:17.encouraged by some Russian MPs. What will be done to protect all funds
:30:18. > :30:21.from these Russian folks? Every effort is being made to work with
:30:22. > :30:30.the French authorities to ensure that, if any extraction is needed to
:30:31. > :30:37.protect fans against these folks who have been perpetrating this
:30:38. > :30:43.violence, that that action is taken. Our Assembly was in Bordeaux at the
:30:44. > :30:52.weekend. Will she congratulate the Wales fans because she did not do so
:30:53. > :30:57.in the previous debate. I am worried about what will happen the next 48
:30:58. > :31:04.when Welsh fans find themselves in it toxic cocktail of Russian and
:31:05. > :31:08.English hooligans. The Welsh governorate has advised people not
:31:09. > :31:12.to stay in Lille. Will she, the English FA to make a similar
:31:13. > :31:16.statement and to start taking responsibility for the actions of
:31:17. > :31:27.some of small minority of supporters? And happy to appraise
:31:28. > :31:31.those Welsh fans who behaved perfectly properly at the opening
:31:32. > :31:37.match in which Wales was involved. I am also happy to praise the English
:31:38. > :31:41.and Northern Irish Lish -- Northern Irish fans that behave properly at
:31:42. > :31:45.their matches. Sadly, what we have seen is a number of Russian
:31:46. > :31:50.supporters instigating and involved in violence and a small number of
:31:51. > :31:54.vintage supporters as well. The message that should go clearly from
:31:55. > :31:59.us as has gone from the England captain and England manager is we
:32:00. > :32:06.want fans, all fans to behave properly and not to get involved in
:32:07. > :32:10.any violence whatsoever. Nike -- like and as a thousands of others,
:32:11. > :32:13.we have renewed our season ticket for our hometown clubs and none of
:32:14. > :32:19.us will fans at the prospect makes is not sitting next to anybody who
:32:20. > :32:23.is tried and convicted of violence in France. Clubs themselves should
:32:24. > :32:29.revoke those season to get is without recompense to any fans tried
:32:30. > :32:34.and convicted. He is tempting me to go down a route for which I not any
:32:35. > :32:41.other minister has responsibility. It is up to football clubs. What is
:32:42. > :32:51.important is where we can take action, that it is taken and it will
:32:52. > :33:03.continue to be taken. It should not be lost on us that as the police
:33:04. > :33:10.dealed with a man of task of dealing with the football fans, there was an
:33:11. > :33:17.ISO attack in Paris. We have to keep our fans safe. Have Russian
:33:18. > :33:28.authorities been as proactive keeping their fans and a cheque in
:33:29. > :33:36.the same way we do ours? -- under a cheque -- under check. There has
:33:37. > :33:41.been the Interior Minister who has described it as such. The full
:33:42. > :33:49.details are yet to emerge in relation to that attack. It is
:33:50. > :33:52.important that we allow the French authorities to undertake the work
:33:53. > :33:56.that they need to do to keep the fans safe and I can assure the
:33:57. > :34:01.honourable gentleman that from the conversation I have had, it is clear
:34:02. > :34:07.that the Russian police are working with the French authorities and with
:34:08. > :34:10.the UK police on this matter. It is not just Russian members of
:34:11. > :34:14.Parliament that are acting irresponsibly. It is also sections
:34:15. > :34:25.of the Russian media. If the Home Secretary aware of the remarks in
:34:26. > :34:29.one tabloid which says Russia is the clear favourite to win the
:34:30. > :34:35.alternative year rose and they have published a glossary of hooligan
:34:36. > :34:37.terms for the uninitiated. Isn't that reprehensible? What discussions
:34:38. > :34:42.is he having with Russian authorities to condemn those actions
:34:43. > :34:48.and what conversations are Government having with Fifa in
:34:49. > :35:01.respect of Russia hosting the next World Cup? I made it a rule never to
:35:02. > :35:07.read that tabloid. I would like to add my condolences to the family of
:35:08. > :35:13.Darren Rogers who died tragically in France. I would like to pay tribute
:35:14. > :35:26.to those fans who went from the UK and have behaved well. Has the Home
:35:27. > :35:28.Secretary or the forces in the authority got manages to put in
:35:29. > :35:39.place to reduce the violence that will take place in France? Work has
:35:40. > :35:43.been done to look at the policing of the future matches that have taken
:35:44. > :35:49.place to do with a focus on the matches in Lille from our point of
:35:50. > :35:52.view and the England, Wales match on Thursday. The authorities here come
:35:53. > :35:57.the police will be taking every action necessary. If there are fans
:35:58. > :36:00.that returned the UK who have been involved in violence and could be
:36:01. > :36:06.subjected to banning orders, the police will take action against
:36:07. > :36:14.them. Order, the clerk will proceed to read the orders of the day. Wales
:36:15. > :36:21.Bill second reading. To move the second reading of the bill. I called
:36:22. > :36:27.the Secretary of State for Wales, secretary Alun Cairns. I beg to move
:36:28. > :36:33.that the bilby read a second time. We are here to debate the Wales
:36:34. > :36:37.Bill. Fundamental importance to the future governance of Wales and its
:36:38. > :36:40.role within the United Kingdom. It will empower the National Assembly
:36:41. > :36:45.for Wales and the Welsh Government to deliver on the things that really
:36:46. > :36:49.matter. The economy the environment and essential public services. I
:36:50. > :36:53.want to thank stakeholders including the Welsh affairs select committee
:36:54. > :36:54.and the member for Monmouth and the